25 of the Best Child Neurologists Near Me

Annie Roliz is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Bay Shore, New York. Dr. Roliz is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Seizures, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), and Absence Seizure. Dr. Roliz is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Child Psychology, and American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Neurophysiology.

Jessica Wharton is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Wharton is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Aicardi Syndrome, Absence Seizure, Seizures, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Wharton is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Wharton is currently accepting new patients.

Mary Gregory is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Gregory is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Athetosis, Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome, Photosensitive Epilepsy, and Seizures. Dr. Gregory is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Gregory is currently accepting new patients.

Joseph Maytal is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Maytal is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Microcephaly, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Increased Head Circumference. Dr. Maytal is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics and American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology.

Eva Catenaccio is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Catenaccio is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Concussion, West Syndrome, Seizures, and Partial Seizure. Dr. Catenaccio is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology - Pediatric Neurology.

Sunjay Nunley is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Nunley is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Continuous Spike-Wave During Slow Sleep Syndrome, Photosensitive Epilepsy, and Memory Loss. Dr. Nunley is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Nunley is currently accepting new patients.

Dana Harrar, MD, PhD, is an associate professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. She serves as the director of the Pediatric Critical Care Neurology Program and Pediatric Stroke Program at Children’s National Hospital. Dr. Harrar cares for patients within the Critical Care Neurology and Intensive Care Unit EEG services. She is board-certified in neurology with special qualifications in child neurology, clinical neurophysiology and neurocritical care. Her research areas of interest include acute pediatric stroke and critical care EEG monitoring. Dr. Harrar is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Status Epilepticus, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Absence Seizure, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Harrar is board certified in Clinical Neurophysiology: American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2019 and American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, 2016.

Kirsten Wilhelm is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has been practicing medicine for over 8 years. Dr. Wilhelm is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy Juvenile Absence, Absence Seizure, Seizures, and Memory Loss. Dr. Wilhelm is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology - 2024. Dr. Wilhelm is currently accepting new patients.

France Fung is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Fung is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Myoclonic Epilepsy, Seizures, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), and Memory Loss. Dr. Fung is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology - Pediatric Neurology.

Dr. Kanoff specializes in pediatric neurology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and works primarily with hospitalized children and their follow-up care. He joined the medical staff in 2020. Before joining Johns Hopkins All Children's, Dr. Kanoff was the director of pediatric neurology and epilepsy education program at Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic in Minnesota. Dr. Kanoff earned his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from Southeastern University of Health Sciences/Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in North Miami Beach, Florida. He completed his residency in general neurology and fellowship in pediatric neurology at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Kanoff is a member of the American Academy of Neurology. He also earned his Juris Doctorate from Concord Law School at Kaplan University. Dr. Kanoff is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE), Memory Loss, and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Dr. Kanoff is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Dr. Akash Virupakshaiah is a neurologist who cares for children and adults with autoimmune diseases affecting the brain. His expertise encompasses diagnosing and treating complex neurological conditions that pose challenges to the patient's health and well-being, such as multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, or NMOSD (in which the immune system attacks nerves in the eye and spinal cord), and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, or MOGAD (in which the immune system attacks the tissue that protects neurons). Virupakshaiah's research seeks to advance the understanding and treatment of autoimmune diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord, including through clinical trials (studies using human volunteers to evaluate promising treatments) and observational studies (tracking patients over time to gather insights on disease activity, risk factors and treatment effectiveness). His interests encompass neuroimmunology (the interplay between the immune and the nervous systems) and neuroimaging (advanced techniques for visualizing and analyzing brain structure and function). He collaborates with other researchers at UCSF and partners with the U.S. Network of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Centers (US NPMSC). In addition to developing more effective therapies that will improve patients' lives, he is exploring the impact of diet on multiple sclerosis and identifying biomarkers (substances in body fluids or tissues that can provide information related to a disease). Virupakshaiah earned his medical degree at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India. He completed a combined residency in pediatric neurology at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, an affiliate of Thomas Jefferson University, and at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, an affiliate of the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a fellowship in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology at UCSF. Virupakshaiah is passionate about landscape photography, especially during the magical golden and blue hours of sunrise and sunset. One of his favorite spots to capture these moments is Yosemite Valley, where he enjoys stargazing under the peaceful night sky. He is fluent in Kannada, Hindi and English. Dr. Virupakshaiah is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), CACH Syndrome, Encephalitis, and Adenoidectomy. Dr. Virupakshaiah is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Child Psych, Neurology W/ Special Qualification In Child Neurology - General. Dr. Virupakshaiah is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Emmanuele is a pediatric neurology specialist with expertise in neuromuscular disorders. Her areas of interest include mitochondrial disorders and metabolic myopathies. She initially trained at the “Istituto Giannina Gaslini” in Genoa, Italy, a tertiary pediatric hospital where she cared for children with neuromuscular disorders. In 2009, Dr. Emmanuele moved to New York City to join the H. Houston Merritt Neuromuscular Research Center at Columbia University as a research scientist. She then completed a clinical fellowship in mitochondrial disorders through the North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium (NAMDC). In 2024, she completed her residency in pediatric neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Emmanuele is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses X-Linked Dominant Scapuloperoneal Myopathy, MELAS Syndrome, Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, and Leigh Syndrome. Dr. Emmanuele is currently accepting new patients.

Mary Koenig is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Houston, Texas. She has been practicing medicine for over 24 years. Dr. Koenig is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Tuberous Sclerosis, MELAS Syndrome, and Kearns-Sayre Syndrome.

Pediatric and neonatal neurologist Joseph Scafidi is a clinician-scientist with expertise in pre-term neonatal brain injury, hypoxic ischemia and neurodevelopmental disorders. He directs the Michael V. Johnston Center for Developmental Neuroscience at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Scafidi earned a degree in osteopathic medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed residency training in pediatrics at Rutgers University Medical School as well as in child neurology at Children’s National Hospital, where he also undertook fellowship training in neonatal neurology. Additionally, Dr. Scafidi was a postdoctoral research fellow in developmental neurobiology at Children’s National Research Institute. His research interests focus on understanding metabolic adaptations after perinatal brain injury in the acute and long-term recovery phases, specifically how different cell populations in different brain regions use energy after injury and how these adaptations or maladaptations affect the recovery process. As a practicing pediatric and neonatal neurologist, Dr. Scafidi is ideally positioned to facilitate bench-to-bedside therapies through his laboratory and to improve knowledge of disease by developing and testing bedside-to-bench, research-driven hypotheses. Dr. Scafidi is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cerebral Hypoxia, Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Seizures, Premature Infant, and Endovascular Embolization. Dr. Scafidi is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Dr. McBrian is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Division of Child Neurology.Dr. McBrian grew up in New Jersey where she graduated with honors from Rutgers College, in New Brunswick. Subsequently she attended medical school at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University graduating in 2002. She completed a pediatric residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in 2004 at which time she returned to Columbia University to complete fellowships in Child Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. She is a diplomate of the ABPN in child neurology.Dr. McBrian has a special interest in the treatment of epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood, intractable epilepsy amenable to epilepsy surgery, and use of dietary therapy to manage intractable epilepsy. Dr. Mcbrian is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure. Dr. Mcbrian is board certified in Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology and Child Neurology. Dr. Mcbrian is currently accepting new patients.

Gurcharanjeet Kaur, MD is an assistant professor of neurology at CUIMC, in the Division of Child Neurology. Dr. Kaur is a graduate of Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, India. She completed residency in both pediatric neurology and neuro-oncology at Stony Brook University Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, respectively. Dr. Kaur is a board-certified child neurologist and pediatric neuro-oncologist, with particular expertise in neurofibromatosis (NF) and NF-related tumors, cancer related neurotoxicity, and tumor targeted therapy for low grade gliomas. Dr. Kaur is dedicated to helping children while minimizing the toxicities and residual deficits by providing the highest quality of care and access to recent advances in the field. Dr. Kaur remains committed to clinical and pre-clinical research. She has been involved in the clinical trials as a site principal investigator and co-investigator. She mentors’ residents, fellows, and medical students interested in the field of child neurology and neuro-oncology. Dr. Kaur is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, Seizures, and Zika Virus Disease. Dr. Kaur is currently accepting new patients.

Zipora Fefer is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Fefer is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, Optic Glioma, and Craniopharyngioma. Dr. Fefer is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Psychiatry.

Craig Press is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Press is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Status Epilepticus, West Syndrome, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Myringotomy. Dr. Press is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology - Pediatric Neurology.

Hema Murali, MD, is a pediatric neurologist specializing in sleep medicine. She provides treatment for a variety of neurological conditions including headaches, seizures, syncope, epilepsy, developmental delay, tics, movement disorders, weakness, numbness, nerve palsies, strokes, bleeds in the brain, tremors, cognitive decline, autism, problems with cranial nerves, muscles or eye movements, altered sensorium, dizziness, closed head injury, concussion, nerve injury, brain malformations, hydrocephalus, skull abnormalities, optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis.|Dr. Murali performs procedures and tests that include EEG, EMG, nerve conduction studies, MSLT and sleep studies.|She also treats sleep disorders including excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulties with falling asleep and staying asleep, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, parasomnias, sleep associated movement disorders and cataplexy.|Dr. Murali attended Mysore Medical College in Mysore, India, where she earned her medical degree. After medical school, she completed her residency at the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia. She followed that with a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, MN.|The thing she loves most about her job is interacting with her patients and their families. “The privilege of being a part of a trusted team to take care of a precious child's health is what brings me to work every day. There is immense joy and fulfilment in caring for children and being a trusted part of the team in this relationship,” she says.|Originally from India, Dr. Murali moved to the East Coast from Wisconsin to be closer to her children and extended family.|“I have been the service line medical director of neurosciences in a large multispecialty organization for several years,” she says. “In this role, I was able to stabilize and grow the department. I developed many new services and of course many new relationships that I still maintain. I have also been an integral part of a team running the Bardet-Biedl center of excellence for all of North America, and hope to establish one in the East as well.|Dr. Murali and her husband, a Geisinger nephrologist, have two children who are attending college. “We have a beautiful goldendoodle, who is smarter than our children, and very loving. We are a sandwich generation, and our parents live with us as well,” she says.|In her spare time, she enjoys walking her dog, hiking, biking, reading and traveling with family and friends. Dr. Murali is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Dravet Syndrome. Dr. Murali is currently accepting new patients.

Marvin Braun, MD, is a pediatric neurologist who specializes in epilepsy and the treatment of intractable epilepsy with devices, surgery, diet and therapeutics.|Dr. Braun earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Calgary. He completed his residency in pediatric neurology at the University of Calgary Alberta Children's Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in neurophysiology and epilepsy at Weill Cornell in New York City and a second fellowship in epilepsy and epilepsy surgery at the Alberta Children's Hospital.|Before becoming a doctor, Dr. Braun worked in academic research. He also worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary.|In his free time, Dr. Braun enjoys skiing, water sports, basketball and volleyball. Dr. Braun is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Photosensitive Epilepsy, West Syndrome, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Spasmus Nutans. Dr. Braun is currently accepting new patients.

Cristina Carbonell is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Carbonell is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses GAPO Syndrome, Encephalitis, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Seizures. Dr. Carbonell is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology.

Valentina Popova is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Lake Success, New York. Dr. Popova is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Concussion, and Delirium. Dr. Popova is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology.

As Assistant Professor of Neurology, Dr. Oakley sees patients with a variety of general pediatric neurological issues, but he focuses his clinical efforts primarily on the treatment of pediatric and adolescent headaches. He is the co-director of the Johns Hopkins Headache Center and has established the Pediatric Headache Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital to better serve children and adolescents with these common and potentially disabling conditions. A long standing migraine suffer himself, Dr. Oakley is a member of the Child Neurology Society, American Academy of Neurology, the American Headache Society, and the National Headache Foundation. He lectures frequently to the general public and healthcare providers on a multitude of pediatric neurology topics but focuses on migraine and other childhood headaches, as this is his primary clinical focus. Dr. Oakley is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Headache, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Neuralgia. Dr. Oakley is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology.

Andrew Knox, MD, is a UW Health Kids pediatric neurologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Knox specializes in treating children with epilepsy and other neurologic conditions, including headaches.Board-certified in neurology with a special qualification in child neurology, Dr. Knox treats children with the full spectrum of epilepsy and seizure conditions. He works with children in the hospital and clinic setting, providing various treatment options to best fit their needs — from medicine to surgery.With all patients, Dr. Knox’s primary goal is to give them freedom from seizures. At the first meeting, he strives to understand their medical history and experience with seizures. He uses a team approach to care, working together with families to determine the best treatment options.In his free time, Dr. Knox enjoys playing a variety of instruments, volunteering with his church, reading, biking and snowboarding.It’s crucial to work with families when determining care. The goal is always to enable patients to live a normal life as best they can with what's going on. Dr. Knox is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, and Absence Seizure. Dr. Knox is board certified in Neurology With Special Qualification In Child Neurology.

Shannon Standridge is a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. Dr. Standridge is highly rated in 51 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Rett Syndrome, CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, Chromosome 11 Uniparental Disomy, and Chromosome 6 Uniparental Disomy.